Ticket-holder.



E. B. LEVEY.

TICKET HOLDER. APPLICATION man DEC. 1, 1914.-

} Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Wihwcmwo "EMILE B. LEVEY, or ma ma-G, YORK.

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Application filed December 1, 1914. Serial a... 574,976.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EMILE B. LEVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flushing, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for use of travelers, and particularly to means for securely holding railway tickets in position upon the person of the owner so that they may readily be seen and punched by the conductor or other oflicer of the road.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a device which will securely hold the ticket or tickets and protect the owner against loss thereof; which will have separate accommodations for each of a plurality of tickets; which is so constructed as to guide a ticket into its holding position and thereby facilitate its insertion into the device by the conductor; which will securely gri the ticket when inserted; and which will hold the ticket always insight of the gate attendant of the railway station and the conductor of the train, thereby saving time of and avoiding annoyance to both the traveler and the oflicers. These and other objects, and the advantages, of the invention will more fully appear hereinafter.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of a ticket holder hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View in elevation of a ticket holder; Fig. 2isa reverse or rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line l-t of Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing a ticket in position.

Referring to-the drawings, A is a body plate preferably of sheet metal and shown as substantially circular in outline, although it may be given any desired outline other than that shown. At its upper end plate A is cut away as shown at a, this feature being for the purpose hereinafter specified.

Located upon body plate A is a tongue B projecting obliquely from the face thereof at a slight angle so as to receive a ticket between this tongue and the body plate. Tongue B is attached to plate A at b, and

is preferably formed integral with the plate bybeing punchedtherefrom and then bent outwardly into the position shown. Tongue B is preferably formed with a notch upon each side thereof so that the tongue is wider at its base and at its detached end than at the central portion. This maybe produced by forming the cuts by which the tongue is struck from the bodyplate in. the form of obtuse angles Z2 with sides 6 extending to-or into proximity to the respective ends of the tongue. I i

Adjacent the tongue and uponeach side thereof is formeda projection C which eX- ten'ds outwardly from the face of the body plate and towardthe tongue. In theembodiment of the invention illustrated these projections C correspond in outlinetothe two edges of the .tongue and extend into the obtuse angle at the central portion thereof. At this point the projections have their greatest altitude from the plane ofthe surface of the body plate, indicated .at 0, and here they are slightly flattened so asto produce no abrasion of the ticket when inserted between the tongue and the projections.

0n the reverse side of the body plate I provide .an additional holding means. for a ticket, this comprising a wire member D whichis preferably benttothe general outline of contour of the body. plate and is; secured theretoat itslOWer ends at by;soldering or otherwise. The wire member D stands ata'slight oblique angle from the body plate so as to provide a holding space between the two. t I 7 Both the body plate and wire member, as well as the tongue, are preferably of spring metal.

Suitable means are provided for attaching the device to a support such as the coat of the user, this means being shown as a pin E secured to the upper portion of wire member D.

It will be observed that owing to the cut away portion a of the body plate, the wire member D extends considerably above the same, this being for the purpose of guiding the ticket into the space behind the body plate when it is desired to hold a t cket there n, thereby avoiding any fumbling or catching of the ticket upon the upper edges of the device.

In the use of the device it is attached to the coat or clothing of the wearer in such a position as to be visible to the gate attendant of the railway station or the conductor of the train. The ticket is inserted behind tongue B, suificient force being used to spring the tongue outwardly slightly when the ticket engages the rear faceof the tongue and the outer surface of projections C. These latter by reason of their position within the notches at the sides of the tongue cause the bending of the ticket at this point and it is securely held between the tongue and the projections. In this way the ticket is so firmly held as to protect the owner against loss, but it may be readily removed either by the gate attendant or the conductor for the purpose of inspection or punching.

When an additional ticket is used the receiving space behind the body plate may be utilized, or this may be done of course when only one ticket is used.

By the use of my device the traveler is saved considerable annoyance and both the traveler and the employees of the railroad are saved a good deal of time and trouble in handling of tickets. The ticket is always ready when it is wanted, and in passing through the gate of a station the traveleris saved the trouble of setting down his baggage for the purpose of removing his ticket from his pocket for the purpose of inspection by the gate attendant.

This holder may also be used to advantage at all functions where tickets are presented, such as balls, theater, race-track, etc.

Now that I have described a specific embodiment of my invention I wish it understood that various changes and modifications thereof may be devised without departing from the scope of the invention. For instance, other materials than sheet metal may be employed, and the form and outline of some of the parts may be varied. All such changes I congregate as falling within the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention what I Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A ticket holder comprising a body plate, a tongue fast thereon and obliquely projecting therefrom and having notched sides, and a projection from said body plate upon each side of and adjacent said tongue opposite said notches.

2. A ticket holder comprising a sheet metal body plate, a tongue punched from and obliquely extending therefrom and having notched sides, and a projection upon each side of and adjacent said tongue opposite said notches formed up from said body plate material.

3. A ticket holder comprising a sheet metal body plate, a tongue punched therefrom by cutting opposite and reversely arranged obtuse angle slits, the lower end of said tongue forming the attachment to the body plate and the upper end thereof extending obliquely from said body plate, and

a projection upon each side of and adjacent said tongue formed up from the body plate material at the other side of each slit within the obtuse angle.

4.1%. ticket holder comprising a body plate of substantially circular outline, a tonguefast thereon and obliquely projecting from one face thereof, an additional holding means comprising a spring wire member secured upon the reverse side of said plate and bent to the circular outline of the latter, said plate having a cut away upper portion so as to present an upper edge below the upper portion of said c1rcular additional holding member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILE B. LEVEY.

Witnesses J. AUs'rIN STONE, JAMES H. MARK.

Washington, D. C. 

